Rice — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Rice — Area harvested was 226,130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 226,130 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Italy peaked at 247,700 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 115,081 ha, in 1963.
That places Italy 35th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,262 ha | — |
| 1962 | 118,472 ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 115,081 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 119,613 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 126,436 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 132,494 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 143,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 155,520 ha | +8.2% |
| 1969 | 168,988 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 172,946 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 175,075 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 183,347 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 189,896 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 187,600 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 174,100 ha | -7.2% |
| 1976 | 182,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 185,764 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 191,148 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 183,469 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 176,089 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 168,967 ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 176,553 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 182,518 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 180,386 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 185,510 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 191,628 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 189,621 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 198,428 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 206,067 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 214,124 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 204,996 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 216,410 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 231,740 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 235,951 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 239,259 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 245,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 232,835 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 222,705 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 220,795 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 220,348 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 217,622 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 218,676 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 218,675 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 229,722 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 224,015 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 226,077 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 232,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 224,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 238,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 247,700 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 246,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 235,052 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 216,019 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 219,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 227,331 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 234,133 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 234,133 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 217,190 ha | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 220,030 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 227,320 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 227,040 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 218,420 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 210,240 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 226,130 ha | +7.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 226,130 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 539.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,730 ha | 115,081 ha | 168,988 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 182,574 ha | 172,946 ha | 191,148 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 185,577 ha | 168,967 ha | 206,067 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,382 ha | 204,996 ha | 245,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 225,034 ha | 217,622 ha | 238,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 229,759 ha | 216,019 ha | 247,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 221,830 ha | 210,240 ha | 227,320 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 32 China, Taiwan Province of 250,000 ha compare
- 33 Burkina Faso 230,187 ha compare
- 34 Uganda 230,000 ha compare
- 36 Russian Federation 206,200 ha compare
- 37 Argentina 190,950 ha compare
- 38 Dominican Republic 187,682 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Italy?
- Rice — area harvested in Italy was 226,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 247,700 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 115,081 ha in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for rice — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 35th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.